Here's how it all started: (a journal entry on my phone as we drove to the airport to pick up Emily and Anna from finishing their freshman year at college)
"We are driving down I-83 south moving toward the Baltimore airport where we will welcome Emily and Anna home with all enthusiasm!!! We have been anticipating their return for a couple months now, their return and springtime! Both have Continue Reading

Cleaning around the kitchen in the early quiet of this morning I heard a little voice at the top of the stairs, my Adelynn awake. As I came up the stairs approaching Addie, I was in awe as to how she had gotten there so quietly - and seemingly unscathed - she and Sis suddenly learned how to climb out of their cribs! We can't change to toddler beds quickly enough! She was very concerned about her Continue Reading

Going along in daily life: work, school, chores, laundry, dishes, dinners, planning, preparing, helping however we can, just doin' life. (But somehow I found it surprisingly CHARMING!- another post.) Then one of the best surprises ever came along!
A weekend we look forward to very much every year was coming up: our niece's high school play. She's EXTRAORDINARY!!! And so is her high school!! Continue Reading

An incredible day full of so much love and joy!! Our twin daughters, Emily and Anna, were able to come experience the holy temple, house of the Lord, for the first time, before leaving on their missions in a few months.
They were so prepared. And it seems Heaven had prepared for them as well- so many precious tender mercies of The Lord were part of their day—I cannot list them all Continue Reading

Our dearest sisters,
The message today is BIG, because it’s about BIG dreams. The kind of dreams that usually get lost in a day because the realistic part of your mind turns them off before they even get started.
We’ll never forget creating a “Dream Poster” with the family one night when we were just eleven or twelve. We cut out and drew pictures of our biggest dreams that year, Continue Reading

Our Dearest Sisters,
We came across a beautiful poem this week that we want to share with you. Let it speak for itself:
“Dare to Be”
When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.
When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light.
When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it.
When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway.
When life seems to beat you Continue Reading

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